Pat grew up in Munster, IN with his parents and six brothers and sisters. A lifelong fan of the Indiana Hoosiers, he graduated in May of 1988 from the Indiana University School of Business with a B.S. in Finance. Shortly after graduation, Pat was bit with the steel tubing bug. His first interview after college was with Leavitt Tube. After getting a tour of the facility and falling in love with manufacturing, he was hooked! In January of 1989, Pat began his career at Leavitt as an Inside Sales Representative and held the position until he left in 1992 to pursue other interests. After his two-year hiatus, Pat came back to Leavitt Tube as an Outside Sales Representative handling Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois.

After 11 years on the road of building lasting relationships with customers and helping them with their tubing needs, Pat was eager to get back into the office so he could help a broader spectrum of customers. In 2005, that dream became a reality as he took over the Western-Half of the United States as a Regional Sales Manager, the position he currently holds today. Pat & Mike Conces, our Regional Sales Manager for the Eastern-Half of the United States, are responsible for Leavitt Tube's current and future growth.

Here's a fun fact that you might not have known about Pat - he has an identical twin brother (just like Mike has a twin sister)! In fact, Pat's high school and college job was the "Knute Boy's Landscaping" where Pat and Mike (his twin) maintained dozens of lawns in the neighborhood. He currently resides in Clarendon Hills, IL a western suburb of Chicago, along with his wife Karin and their two daughters. In addition to spending time with his family, Pat enjoys golfing, playing softball, and coaching his daughter's basketball teams.

In October of 2009, Pat successfully completed MSCI's "Strategic Metals Management Program" at Washington University's Olin Business School in St. Louis, MO. Please join us in congratulating him on this great accomplishment!

At the Steel Tube Institute of North America's annual meeting on November 4^th, 2010, a new Certification Program was announced. Below is a snippet of the Press Release Courtesy of PR Newswire (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/steel-tube-institute-announces-hss-product-certification-program-106705548.html).

SOURCE: Steel Tube Institute of North America, http://www.steeltubeinstitute.org/

The Full press release can be found at: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/steel-tube-institute-announces-hss-product-certification-program-106705548.html